The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-06-18
resent to snarl and howl in the grave

ington to Springfield for the purpose
OF arousing sectional hate, yet al the
national capital he had just seer tint
Young men of the north and south
camping together, under the shadow q
| the capitol and at the base Of Washing
| toms monument, with no antagonist
| save the honorable rivalry OF excelling
in preparation for the defense OF &
| common country. Slavery and seces'
| sion are dead forever, and Mr.. Sher
| man knows it, but he seeks TO achieve
| party and personal success by %insinuat'
ing that there is q covert attempt TO re-
| vive them. This is about as nee At
Mr.. Sherman's pretended love for the
| present currency composed OF green
backs, national bank notes, coin. silver
certificates, gold and silver coin, all
equal to gold, and equal to each other ,
"It would be inferred by the "unin-
formed that Mr.. Sherman had been
the constant friend Of this currency, in
Guiding silver, when in fact he has
been, and is now, its most determined
enemy. In 1867 Mr.. Sherman, then
chairman of the committee on finance,
wrote Mr.. Ruggles, a member OF the
Paris conference, that the United
States could not agree to the silver
standard. In June, 1868, he made a
report from his committee in favor OF
"a single standard exclusively OF gold,'
and during each of the two succeeding
congresses introduced bills to effect
that object. No public man has SO per-
sistently prOphesied that the continued
coinage OF the silver dollar would drive
gold from our shores, and yet gold
has persisted in coming, and seems
utterly Indifferent to the prophecy. Ii
MIR. Sherman could establish the ex-
elusive gold standard, it would add 20
per cent. to the Indebtedness u the
creditor class, and destroy beside the
silver production of the west. L have
no intention to do him the least injus-
tice, but l must confess that his claim
to be a friend to greenbacks and silver
is the most astonishing public perform
ance within my knowledge. II he is
not to-day in favor of the gold stan-
dard, and the deadly enemy Of silver,
he should retract his past declarations.
and apologize for his past action.
THE ADMINISTRATION.
.sMr. Sherman closes his speech at
Nashville by asking what this admins
tration has done tor the country! 'Ihey
wanted to examine the books. They
have had two years to do it, but when
where have they found a rascal, or
a defaulter, OF a thiefF
ST MIR. Sherman will send for ex-
document No. 1868, copied
from the books kept by the republican
party, and for the accuracy of which
they are responsible, he will find the
amount due the government from de-
falcations in disbursements and collec-
tons since 1861, to be 81, S93,476 4s.
He will also find IN this document the
name of each delinquent and the
amount due; but this does not include
the accounts OF the postofice depart
.ent, which it was impossible to over
haul in the time allowed for examina-
ton. This statement does not include
the star route thieving, or the expendi-
lures of the war department and the
of Howgate, Hodges and
or the mammoth robberies in
the navy department showing that
since the close of the war nearly
$500, OOO, 900 has been taken from the
treasury for naval purposes, with but
one vessel now fit for service on the
ocean, and not u which could last an
hour in battle. No vessels, no guns,
coast d%efences, and yet Mr.. Sherman
with pride to the record OF his
party.
s:Since MIR. Cleveland's Inauguration,
the pension bureau has ceased to be a
machine, and economy
industry and efficiency have taken the
place OF extravaganza and corruption.
In 1888 there were issued for pensions
and increase of pensions 52,979 allow
ances, and tor 1884, 1929; for 1885,
70, 1856; for 1886, 79, 1874, aud for the ten
months of the present year. 74,6Os.
SIN the postofice department there
has been the anne increase OF efficiency
and economy. Whilst population has
increased, the expenses of the
have been diminished until
the postmaster general now officially
announces that the deficit tor the
present fiscal year
WILL BE CUT DOWN
more than one third, and will be. less
than One-half the average deficit under
administration.
"No single congress has eve enacted
so many just and beneficent laws as the
last, with a democratic president and
house of representatives. 1t enacted
the presidential succession bill, and
also settled forever the electoral count
by giving to each state the power to
tor whom its vote shall be
counted. 1t restored to the public do
main sc, 1000 ,O00acres OF land, granted TO
railroad corporations and unearned.
1t passed a resolution 10 investigate the
railroads, which has already
one of these roads to pay the
interest on its bonds held by the gov
eminent and to arrange for the payment
of the principal. 1t repealed the tenure
OF Office law enacted for partisan pur-
poses in violation of the constitution.
1t established a tribunal for trying suits
against the government, instead OF
crowding claims upon the journals of
congress and into the hands of lobby
1t passed bills preventing the
employment of convict labor by federal
officers, and the contracting for alien
labor, and permitting the incorporation
of trades unions. II provided for the
redemption of the trade dollar, and for
the protection of American fishermen;
it also passed the interstate commerce
law, and the act to pension soldiers of
the Mexican war. So far from neglect
ing or endangering the public interests,
as our enemies predicted, the example
of the patriotic and earnest man, who
is now president, has permeated and
pervaded every department of the SER
vice, until from the great lakes to the
gulf, and from ocean to ocean, the
government is known to be safe in the
hands of the democratic party. The
merchant in his counting house, the
laborer in factory and furnace, the set
tier IN his homestead, know and feel
that an honest and able and fearless
president will protect the citizen every
where in every rg ht.
"This is our record, and upon it we
shall go before the people in 1883 with
full confidence in the result"
Lexington Market.
In his the wholesale prices are given in
lett hand column, AMI retail pirces in right hand
column. In country produce the figures on the
left what the merchants are aging, and
on the right the prices ut which they sell.
FLOOR-Best City.......-... $500
do Second Best............ 80